Jo Wilson, MD, assistant professor, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, was recently awarded an Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) KL2 grant for her research project, “Understanding the Impact of GSDMB Asthma Risk Alleles on Airway Epithelium.” The KL2 Scholars Program provides early-career investigators training, mentoring, and protected time to develop an independent research program. Funded by the National Institutes of Health, the program will support 75% of Wilson’s salary and provide an additional $30,000 for her research in each of the two years of the award. This award will help Wilson develop a research program focused on determining the pathologic mechanisms in the development of viral wheezing and subsequent progression to asthma. Wilson’s mentors include Jim Gern, MD, professor and vice chair of research, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology; Dan Jackson, MD, professor, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology; Greg Barrett-Wilt, PhD, UW–Madison Biotechnology Center; and Carole Ober, PhD, University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division, Department of Human Genetics.